A Travelling Kitchen · Est. Cowes, Isle of Wight

Call It What You Want

The Travelling Medicine Show

No menu. No borders. No rules. Slow-cooked, wildly seasoned food — served at our pop-ups, brought to your events, and jarred up for your own kitchen.

Fried Chicken Witching Hour Ribs 8-Hour Salt Beef Dirty Rice Voodoo Chicken Feast Boards No Borders Fried Chicken Witching Hour Ribs 8-Hour Salt Beef Dirty Rice Voodoo Chicken Feast Boards No Borders
One kitchen, four ways to get fed

Pick your poison

The parish

Renowned restaurant & trouble makers

It started in an old Cowes butcher's shop — no printed menu, the day's food scrawled in marker across the window. It climbed to #1 of 46 restaurants in Cowes, then hit the road: pop-ups across London, Surrey and Essex, and sell-out supper clubs.

"If you have to ask what it is, just call it what you want."
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Nomad x Call It What You Want — you don't need a menu when you have imagination
The good stuff

Come hungry

Big, loud, generous plates — the kind people photograph before they eat, then queue for.

Cajun brisket reubenCajun Brisket Reuben
Witching hour ribsWitching Hour Ribs
Buttermilk fried chickenButtermilk Fried Chicken
Short rib and dirty riceShort Rib & Dirty Rice
Griddled lamb bowlGriddled Lamb Bowl
Loaded briocheThe Loaded Brioche
Wings and sidesWings, Sauces & Sides
Feast roastThe Feast Roast
Everyone who's called it

They came, ate & told ten mates

★★★★★

"Amazing soul food, clearly made with love — and there was so much of it. Big bowls of gumbo, mac 'n' cheese, smoky beans and fried chicken. A revelation."

TripAdvisor · Cowes
★★★★★

"Same money as Nandos, ten times the food and twenty times the experience. The host is great fun. Genuinely the highlight of our holiday."

TripAdvisor · Visitor
★★★★★

"Bold, inspired, unusual — they knock it out of the park. Then a giant bowl of fries arrived: 'the chef made too many, so these are for you.' Take ten mates."

Matt & Cat · IW Eating Out Guide

Hungry yet?

Grab a table at the next pop-up, or get us in for your wedding, party or event.